Definitions for crashing

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crashing crash·ing

Spelling: [krash-ing]

IPA: /ˈkræʃ ɪŋ/

Crashing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 336 anagrams from letters in crashing (acghinrs).

Definitions for crashing

noun

1. a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
2. a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise:
3. a collision or crashing, as of automobiles, trains, etc.
4. the shock of collision and breaking.
5. a sudden and violent falling to ruin.
6. a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.:
7. Aeronautics. an act or instance of crashing.
8. Ecology. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population.

adjective

1. absolute; complete; utter:
2. unusual or superlative; exceptional:
3. characterized by an intensive effort, especially to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter.
2. to force or drive with violence and noise (usually followed by in, through, out, etc.).
3. Aeronautics. to cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft.
4. Informal. to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
2. to break or fall to pieces with noise.
3. (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, especially violently and noisily.
4. to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash.
5. Aeronautics. to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing severe damage:
6. to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise:
7. Informal. to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission.
8. Slang. to sleep. to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: to fall asleep:
9. Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, especially an amphetamine, wears off.
10. Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest.
11. Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly.
12. Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software.

Origin of crashing

First recorded in 1925-30; crash¹ + -ing²

Examples for crashing

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Even more luckily, that bungee cord was short enough to keep it from crashing.

The shells from the French artillery on the Roman Road are crashing into the wood.

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It had taken this news from the harbor to bring him tottering, crashing down.

He it is, too, that leaps from cloud to cloud amid the crashing thunder-storm.

The caffeine high with “no crash later” might be crashing after all.

Will our societies bear up under the lightning that is crashing down on them?

Shrieking and crashing, the vulture-forces of destruction sweep upon it.

Rain fell in torrents; the crashing thunder was like the roar of artillery.